by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2019 Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling for an investigation into USA Powerlifting (USAPL) after its announcement last month that men who identify as transgender women are banned from competing at women’s events. The Minnesota Democrat sent a letter to the powerlifting organization on behalf of one of her constituents, JayCee […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2019 A state lawmaker in Connecticut has introduced legislation calling for the tax on ammunition in the state to be increased by 50 percent. State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, a Democrat representing the 13th District, said of HB 5700: “Currently ammunition is taxed at the same rate as other products. We […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2019 On Jan. 9, Virginia state Rep. Kathy Tran introduced a bill that would allow late-term abortion up until the moment of birth. While championing legislation to legalize full-term abortion, Tran has also argued that more immigration, legal and illegal, is necessary because there aren’t enough native-born Americans to fill […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 6, 2019 The FBI official who was overseeing the agency’s Clinton email and Trump campaign investigations told Congress that he was often excluded from key meetings and decisions in the investigations. During closed-door testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in June 2018, Bill Priestap, former head of the FBI’s counterintelligence division, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2019 Hugo Chavez, the leader of Venezuela’s socialist revolution, once said that “to be rich is bad.” Last summer, the stepsons of current socialist leader Nicolas Maduro dropped $45,000 on an 18-night stay at the Ritz hotel in Paris. “These rich Chavista kids have also been spotted in the best […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2019 The left-wing activist who confronted then-Sen. Jeff Flake in a Capitol Hill elevator during the confirmation hearing for Justice Brett Kavanaugh will be an honored guest of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Feb 5. Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, tweeted: “Y’all aren’t […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2019 Even after Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam’s comments on the acceptability of infanticide, and after he admitted that he at least on one occasion wore blackface, half of Democrats in Virginia still support the governor. A report on the Morning Consult poll taken after Northam was hit with the two scandals […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2019 The state Senate in Colorado has passed legislation that would give the state’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The legislation, SB-19, aimed at ditching the Electoral College passed Colorado’s Senate on Jan. 29 by a vote of 19-16, with all Democrats voting in favor […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 Can Roger Stone possibly get, as the Sixth Amendment mandates, an “impartial jury” of 12 people in Washington, D.C.? The federal charges leveled against the longtime associate of President Donald Trump by special counsel Robert Mueller mean his U.S. District Court jury pool will come “strictly from deep-blue D.C. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 3 said that he will not meet with Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and said that sending troops to the crisis-ridden country is “an option.” In an interview with CBS News, Trump reiterated that military intervention was a possibility. “Certainly, it’s something that’s […]
